Ozzu Focus & Category Reorganization

Along that idea, I think it'd be useful to have a link much like the "View unread posts" that lists all unanswered posts. Showing only posts with 0 replies.

If you plan on implementing the "kudos" idea with ranking replies based on ability to answer the question, then this "view unanswered posts" could list all threads that have yet to vote up an answer.

Regardless of the "kudos" idea, it'd still be really useful for me (someone who wants to answer more questions nowadays) to find posts that need answers via a simple link I can click that lists all 0-reply posts.

I realize I need to make this easier to find, and that is one of my highest priorities in the next version of Ozzu -- to make things not so hard to figure out.

With the current version of Ozzu we already have a link for viewing "Unanswered Posts". What you need to do is look on the top right of the menu on Ozzu where it says:

Favorite Links

To the right of that click on the + sign.

Then you will see an interface which shows all of your current links that show up there. Towards the bottom is a section for "Add Favorite Links". In there select the Preset which says:

"View unanswered posts"

Then change the title or target as you wish, then hit submit. Now that link will show up all the time in your favorite links area.

Hope that helps

huh, well look at that...awesome!

I first want to agree with Hob Bramble. So, I'll try not to restate any compliments he made.

1. Nofollow links - I liked this213 suggestions if they can be implemented without degrading posts and yes this213 has provided me with great help on occasion and has been here a while.
2. I like the subscription for unread posts
3. Categories need to stay simple and broad. Separating out language specifics under programming forum is probably a good idea. The Graphics category could use some mergers. Internet Marketing is fine unless there are topics missing but I like them broken out by specific search engine. I would definitely consider a Networking category. I would also, not definitely, consider working in an office program category that could comprise of tutorials, know-hows, questions, discussions on spreadsheet programs, word processors, presentation programs, PIMs/Email Clients, etc. Though, many could fall under specific OSes but a program could have Windows and Linux installers like OpenOffice or completely platform independent like Google Apps. I know there are whole forums dedicated to nothing but Excel. On a personal level I'd like to see platform specific news or discussions based on the top technology companies mainly Apple, Microsoft, and Google. Additionally, since these companies are the main mobile players then mobile development could easily be worked into their boards. It would help me to be able to check those boards to see if maybe Google has released a new API or the Apple board to see some neat discussions/feature releases on iOS. These company boards would almost have identical sub-categories (though I would keep sub-categorizing at a minimum) but allow the user to select their specific platform. I find these type of posts commonly posted in the General Discussions that come up when I first log in which is nice.
4. Layout, colors - you're just not going to be able to please everyone here. I've always liked Ozzu for it's simplicity, cleanliness, and classy layout of advertisements. It formats correctly to my display and is very professional. In comparison to other forums, which are clearly recognizable as phpBB or some variant, Ozzu is a blessing and is the ideal model organism for what those sites could be. So many forum sites are so junky and tacky. I think people that can't figure out Ozzu are just used to being in that whirlwind. Also, I think for the highest membership the Ads go bye-bye even though they are not intrusive.
5. I think if you can incorporate more technology news then that may at least make Ozzu a daily stop to get a quickie. Maybe if there's a way to feed into the news like when search a stock quote on google. For example, Intuit from google.com/finance gives events, news and related companies. Perhaps there's a way to lightly tap into that.

Two things: I still think its a good idea with a chatroom, chatroom would let people chitchat and can create a friendly atmosphere. Also it lets people ask small and quick questions, that you would google otherwise. And in forums you have to be pretty "clear" in your answers or you get a "how did you mean" and thing can take days, while in chat the person right away ask: "how did you mean" and you immediate know you explained bad and can explain better.

ozzu(dot)com, I prefer writing: ozzu(dot)com(slash)forum. Why? ozzu(dot)com is updated way to slow for us coming here often. I don't really get the idea, if I want news I want them to be NEWs, usually the posts presented there are several months old and it makes the page look dead.

I don't know if there are better things to put there.

But I think its updated a bit too slow, and it don't really show what is going on in the forum (or in the world for that matter).

I second that one - I bookmarked /forum/ so I could skip the landing page entirely when coming to Ozzu for that very reason.

make a error code section, i am sure you got 5000 posts that have to deal with error codes.

i really like the idea of the 'dynamic categorization' aided by tags as thrown up by one member here. it may sound trivial but it would certainly obviate the need to think that comparmentalization of information is the key thing to making sense of everything or even assume that this is what will make Ozzu more appealing to everyone.

btw, to be everything to everyone is actually a serious imagination that will be a running target for Ozzu and i am not sure what this will lead to.

like i have said, users going into inter-people interactive sites are just like tourists or travellers touring in geographical sites. but to think along the lines of demarcating regions of information like giving borders to countries, nations, and states MIGHT NOT BE the parallel that Ozzu should be looking at.

i think the ideal here is just to help people navigate their way in the 'jungle' of information, that's all; but not to try to seriously cut up Ozzu into 'States' or 'countries' so that regular tourists or once-a-while tourists know where to travel to.

is the idea of another structural compartmentalization going to make Ozzu 'fresh', 'vibrant', 'attractive'? after spending time on compartmentalization is anyone so sure that Ozzu will get a bigger piece of the inter-people interactivity?

i believe a form of tagging 'technology' or 'methodology' is what is needed here. i don't know of any precedent in such an idea anywhere in the internet, but it could have been implemented in some ways unexpectedly. it is now to think along these lines to improve on it rather than 'forced' compartmentalization.

the reason for tagging is just this: Nations of people is just a way of compartmentalizing nationalities. When it comes to the intangible things like ideas, thoughts, discussions, 'national borders' might not be the answer, as these go beyond 'nationalities' and 'borders' don't make real sense at all.

i don't have details on how to tag, and it could very well be food for thought for OUT-OF-THE-OLD-BOX.... and this is not going to be easy for those who have been comfortable with the old box.... LOL.

The emails I get from ozzu letting me know that there is a new post on (insert subscribed post here) are very helpful. It'd be cool if I could simply reply to the email and have it post my reply to the topic.
As is, I do the following:

• open email
• click link
• wait for page to load
• scroll for days
• write my reply
• hit submit

Would love to cut that down:

• open email
• click reply
• write my reply
• hit send

Don't need to wait for browser to open, wait for page to load, or scroll to the bottom. That can take some time on long posts